Byrst

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - byrst

According to the Old English Dictionary:

berst, es;

byrst
m. A loss, defect; damnum, calamitas :-- Gylde ðone byrst, ðe ðæt fýr ontende reddet damnum, qui ignem succenderit, Ex. 22, 6, 12: Ps. Th. 108, 18. We habbaþ fela byrsta gebiden multas calamitates sumus perpessi, Lupi Serm. i. 2; Hick. Thes. ii. 99, 21. byrst
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